Cleek

Definitions

CleekA large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron-headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft.

CleekAct of cleeking; a clutch.

CleekTo catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.

CleekTo hook or link (together); hence, to marry.

CleekTo seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.

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Additional illustrations & photos:

FULL SHOT WITH THE CLEEK. TOP OF THE SWING

FULL SHOT WITH THE CLEEK. FINISH

THE PUSH SHOT WITH THE CLEEK. STANCE

THE PUSH SHOT WITH THE CLEEK. TOP OF THE SWING

THE PUSH SHOT WITH THE CLEEK. FINISH

A LOW BALL (AGAINST WIND) WITH THE CLEEK. STANCE

A LOW BALL (AGAINST WIND) WITH THE CLEEK. TOP OF THE SWING

A LOW BALL (AGAINST WIND) WITH THE CLEEK. FINISH

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

ncleekSee cleik.

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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

nCleekklēk a large hook for catching hold of something, used in fishing, &c.: an iron-headed golf-club: a peg

v.tCleekto seize, snatch

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Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

ME. cleken, clechen, to seize, clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch,

Usage

In literature:

Only a cleek's no good.

"The Brother of Daphne" by Dornford Yates

Making a broad classification, there are driving cleeks, ordinary cleeks, pitching cleeks, and cleeks with the weight in the centre.

"The Complete Golfer [1905]" by Harry Vardon

Cleek will do, Cleek of the Forty Faces.

"Cleek, the Master Detective" by Thomas W. Hanshew

I have saved fifty-eight pounds, Mr. Cleek.

"The Boy Scouts Book of Stories" by Various

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Spoilers of the Valley" by Robert Watson

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Plunderer" by Roy Norton

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Crimson Tide" by Robert W. Chambers

Mr. Cleek, the guv'ner, sir.

"Cleek of Scotland Yard" by Thomas W. Hanshew

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Blind Man's Eyes" by William MacHarg

Come with me at once, Cleek.

"The Riddle of the Night" by Thomas W. Hanshew

But my blessing with you, Cleek, and the best of luck!

"The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel" by Mary E. Hanshew

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Man Who Couldn't Sleep" by Arthur Stringer

Pip took his cleek this time, and his ball followed hers straight over the guide-post.

""Pip"" by Ian Hay

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Secret of Sarek" by Maurice Leblanc

Cleek of Scotland Yard.

"The Turn of the Tide" by Eleanor H. Porter

Not a flyer in the game such parabolas could claim, At the place where the old cleek broke!

"Verse and Worse" by Harry Graham

Of iron clubs there were the cleek, the iron and the niblick.

"Fifty Years of Golf" by Horace G. Hutchinson

A cleek, I think, don't you?

"The Sins of the Children" by Cosmo Hamilton

Ilka pat till its ain cleek!

"Inchbracken" by Robert Cleland

What cleeks had I got?

"Confessions of a Young Lady" by Richard Marsh

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In poetry:

'Yet autumn's gloom, though threat'ning bleak
Has joys, gin folk cam joys wad seek;
Friendship and worth then social cleek
And twine thegither,
And gree and crack by ingle cheek
Just like twin-brither.

"The Scottish Muse" by Hector MacNeill

In news:

When the 4-by-8-foot piece of exterior plywood wouldn't fit in the car, Jaden Cleek was ready to give up plans to build a birdhouse for the owls he'd seen in his backyard.